diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php b/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
index 4051583..e85e4dd 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
@@ -131,13 +131,10 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
 
     /**
      * Returns whether we need data for the next row to be processed.
-     * We don't need to read data if:
-     *   we have already read at least one row
-     *     AND
-     *   we need to preserve empty rows
-     *     AND
-     *   the last row that was read is not the row that need to be processed
-     *   (i.e. if we need to return empty rows)
+     * We DO need to read data if:
+     *   - we have not read any rows yet
+     *      OR
+     *   - the next row to be processed immediately follows the last read row
      *
      * @return bool Whether we need data for the next row to be processed.
      */
@@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
 
         return (
             !$hasReadAtLeastOneRow ||
-            !$this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows ||
             $this->lastRowIndexProcessed === $this->nextRowIndexToBeProcessed - 1
         );
     }
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/ODS/ReaderTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/ODS/ReaderTest.php
index d8ec39b..77fd3d6 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/ODS/ReaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/ODS/ReaderTest.php
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ class ReaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals([['foo']], $allRows);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testReadShouldSupportNumberRowsRepeated()
+    {
+        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('sheet_with_number_rows_repeated.ods');
+        $expectedRows = [
+            ['foo', 10.43],
+            ['foo', 10.43],
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedRows, $allRows);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return void
      */
diff --git a/tests/resources/ods/sheet_with_number_rows_repeated.ods b/tests/resources/ods/sheet_with_number_rows_repeated.ods
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450148f
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